Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (C4-0421/98 97/0198(COD)) (Codecision procedure: second reading)
Date: 1998-10-08
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: audiovisual piracy, broadcasting, coding, communications industry, data transmission, dissemination of information, pay television, plutonium, provision of services













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Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (C4-0421/98 97/0198(COD)) (Codecision procedure: second reading)  


Official Journal C 328 , 26/10/1998 P. 0155 





A4-0325/98Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (C4-0421/98 - 97/0198(COD))(Codecision procedure: second reading)The European Parliament,- having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0421/98 - 97/0198(COD) ((OJ C 262, 19.8.1998, p. 34.)),- having regard to its opinion at first reading ((OJ C 152, 18.5.1998, p. 59.)) on the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(97)0356 ((OJ C 314, 16.10.1997, p. 7.)),- having regard to the amended Commission proposal COM(98)0332 ((OJ C 203, 30.6.1998, p. 12.)),- having regard to Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty,- having regard to Rule 72 of its Rules of Procedure,- having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights (A4-0325/98),1. Amends the common position as follows;2. Calls on the Commission to support Parliament's amendments in the opinion it is required to deliver pursuant to Article 189b(2)(d) of the EC Treaty;3. Calls on the Council to approve all Parliament's amendments, amend its common position accordingly and definitively adopt the act;4. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.(Amendment 1)Recital 12a (new)>Original text>>Text following EP vote>12a. Whereas it seems necessary to ensure that Member States provide appropriate legal protection against the placing on the market, for direct or indirect financial gain of an illicit device which enables or facilitates without authority the circumvention of any technological measures designed to protect the remuneration of a legally provided service;(Amendment 2)Article 7>Original text>Not later than five years after the entry into force of this Directive, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee concerning the implementation of this Directive accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for adapting it in light of technical and economic developments.>Text following EP vote>Not later thanthree years after the entry into force of this Directive, and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee concerning the implementation of this Directive accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals, in particular as regards the definitions under Article 2, for adapting it in light of technical and economic developments and of the consultations carried out by the Commission.